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The Molokidan Thread~!

I have been translating since 2005, with a variety of groups and projects. I've also been through undergraduate and graduate school, and translate professionally when I can find work. I am currently accepting commissioned projects.

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Thanks for stopping by, Zwivix!

What interested me in translating? Well, I love to write, even before I started learning Japanese, and I love manga, so I just figured it was the ultimate combination of the two, and I can do it for hours (days, even) and never tire of it. I just love to do it.

Not active? Do you mean on the forum? If so, well, I guess I just don't have that much to say. I think I'm pretty active as far as translating goes, personally, as all this is in addition to novels and articles I am required to translate for school, as well as work for other classes and a full-time job.

I've had this name for 8 years now, and I actually have no idea where it comes from, to be honest with you. I'm sure there was a reason long ago, but I have forgotten.

And I check the site once in a while to see if raws come up, so I guess you can say I check the thread regularly too...

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Hey Lilium, thanks for stopping by the thread.

World Embryo is great! It's a great mixture of shounen-style action with a very complicated storyline, memorable, deep characters (that aren't just stereotypes one after another) intriguing romance, and tons of tragedy. Highly recommended.

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What about translating Zero no Tsukaima light novel for Baka-Tsuki? It's more shounen than seinen but so far I like the story. Or if you want darker, there is always Shakugan no shana. The story certainly has many plot twists.

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that's a quick reply.

Thanks for your offer, but strangely I don't want any manga to be translated right now .
I left the scanlation scene a while back. Now, I'm just a plain leecher. It wouldn't be right for me to suggest something I'm not willing to work on.

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I was referring to the light novel instead of the manga, though. You can find the translations of them at baka-tsuki.net. The interesting thing about translating the light novels here is that your work will get edited by the public for everything from grammar to accuracy. However, translating a novel is no easy task as you already know.
Oh and if you want to read a gag manga for pure entertainment (just for fun and not for translation) there is seto no hanayome manga. I have a ddl link for the raw volumes. There have been mixed reviews of this manga so it's really up to the reader if it is funny or not.

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That website is indeed interesting. I have many novels at home that I've thought of making translation drafts of for fun, but I've never done it.

The one problem I see with that website (like any wiki) is that just anyone could come in an edit. In this case, with translations, that might be people editing your script merely based on their own opinions or interpretations of how things should be worded, which can get pretty messy at times. The same script from one translator to another can be very different depending on how they interpret certain things.